Poverty
The Inquiry. Why is South Africa Still So Unequal? Audio, 23 minutes
Investigating the root causes of South Africa’s world beating levels of inequality
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Crossing Continents. Wrestling out of Poverty. Audio, 28 minutes
In India, a wrestler in the family can mean a ticket out of poverty. Rupa Jha reports.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Analysis. Deirdre McCloskey. Audio, 30 minutes
Economic historian Deirdre McCloskey on why poverty matters more than inequality.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Crossing Continents. South Korea: Sex in the Sunset Years. Audio, 28 minutes
Why are some older South Korean women turning to prostitution?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Five Hundred Years of Friendship. Felons and Oddfellows. Audio, 15 minutes
Dr Thomas Dixon explores friendship and self-help among the 19th-century poor.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Analysis. Eldar Shafir: Scarcity. Audio, 30 minutes
An interview with psychologist Eldar Shafir about the concept of scarcity.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Long View. The Working Poor. Audio, 28 minutes
Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of the working poor.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
1913: The Year Before. Poverty. Audio, 15 minutes
Michael Portillo explores the pre-war attitudes to poverty, both in town and country.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Cañada Real. Audio, 27 minutes
John Laurenson reports on the role of religion in Western Europe’s biggest shantytown.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Analysis. Aid or Immigration? Audio, 30 minutes
Could a more relaxed policy on immigration help the developing world more than state aid?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 2, Hilary Cottam: Redesigning Welfare. Audio, 15 minutes
Entrepreneur Hilary Cottam unfolds her vision for redesigning the welfare state.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Analysis. The Deserving and the Undeserving Poor. Audio, 30 minutes
Presenter Chris Bowlby examines the concept of the undeserving poor.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Poverty As A Spiritual Practice. Audio, 27 minutes
Ernie Rea presents a discussion on poverty as a spirtual practice.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Campaigning for Health. Health for Refugees. Audio, 13 minutes
First broadcast in 2002. Refugee camps are home to groups whose health is at risk
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Reith Lectures. Respect For The Earth, Poverty & Globalisation. Audio, 28 minutes
Dr Vandana Shiva examines the impact of globalisation on the lives of ordinary people.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Tuesday Documentary. The Block. Video, 72 minutes
Film about people living below the poverty line and their struggle to keep afloat. (1972)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
